After the fall of the Berlin Wall and with German unification, Dohnányi became involved with the restructuring programme in East Germany, and from 1993 to 1996 was a special adviser on Market Economy and State to the Board of the Treuhandanstalt and BvS, its successor company, responsible for privatising state-owned companies in the former East Germany.[1] Dohnányi is a member of the Konvent für Deutschland, a cross-party think-tank of conservative-liberal orientation.[2]